Umbrella Corps (New RE shooter) We finally get another RE title, unfortunately it is in the form of a third person shooter which seems to be focused on multiplayer alone. Looks like Capcom liked the concept of the game being a shooter and sadly that is what some of the fans want. I am familiar with the many off shoots to the Resident Evil series, from the outbreak titles to the rail shooters but this seems like an unwanted concept. While I appreciate what slant six tried to bring us, a new perspective on the Raccoon city outbreak and sadly it was executed poorly, they could have surely done a better job but if one can take a moment and really think about how the game could have turned out if they took their time with this game and actually worked to make it a better game, a much better experience than the one we were given then maybe we would see another Slant Six title but unfortuntely they did not fair out so well. Now here we have a new RE title which of course is not carrying the RE title but rather the Umbrella Corps title and from the looks of it, it will be a third person shooter which will be focused online only. Maybe some RE fans will appreciate the effort while there are others like myself who feel that this is time and effort that can be spent on the main series rather than some other generic 3rd person shooter. Whatever happened to the survival horror aspect of the game? The game seems more action oriented nowadays, that has some of us seeking out other games to make up for that loss. RE Outbreak for example had and still has a cult following, many of us would love to see it return in some shape or form, we would actually love to see an actual sequel. Sadly this may not happen, Capcom seems to think that we all want RE to head down this route, the action, the shooter... not all of us and I know that any RE fan in their right mind would love to see the game o back to it's roots, the actual survival horror. Thia brings me to a game that has nothing to do with the RE series with the exception that it was RE's main competitor, but losing Silent Hills was tragic for this same exact reason; Silent Hills seemed to have been focused on many scary aspects, actual horror. RE has no current competitor unless you include game like "until dawn" but I can't even try to compare a game like until dawn to something like an RE game or a silent hill game. Think about this too... We're supposed to be seeing H1Z1 & Day Z make their way to current gen home consoles sometime next year, survival horror MMO's, this is something that RE Outbreak could step into, Outbreak File#3 in this day and age can easily become an MMO. I can't say that the game does not look good but I can't just go by visuals and the only gameplay video that has been shown is not very appealing to me (see video below). Actual Gameplay (gamespot)(Clickable link)
Maybe some of my followers may feel that I am blowing this all out of proportion but I speak as a fan of the series; I speak with my wallet, I usually won't bother with putting a game down, especilly a series that I am fond of, but I hate to see this series go any further down the drain. Not having Shinji on the team does not mean doom, so that is no excuse, bring back the survival horror.













